David Treuer: 2014 National Book Festival David Treuer appears at the 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Celebrated novelist, academic and critic David Treuer is an Ojibwe Indian from Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. His honors and awards include a Pushcart Prize, the 1996 Minnesota Book Award for his novel "Little" and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Bush Foundation and the Guggenheim Foundation. "Rez Life: An Indian's Journey Through ResAuthor(s): No creator set

Xavier-Henri Hervé en entrevue avec Le Devoir Xavier-Henri Hervé, founder and director of the District3 Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Concordia University, talks to Le Devoir about the centre’s role in encouraging young people to develop their innovative ideas. He discusses his experience with District 3 and the support it offers to help bring projects to fruition.
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What Time is It? - Telling Time to the Minute A video that will help students learn to tell time. An animated analog clock teaches time to students. There is a time game at the end of the video. (5:26)Author(s): No creator set

ALPS Competency in Practice Assessment (CIPA) Tool One of the key aims of ALPS is to improve the assessment of competence in practice across 16 professions, increasing the confidence of new graduates and their employers. The CIPA tool has been developed to establish measures of new graduate confidence in their ability across a number of areas of professional competence. Initially it is being piloted as a self-rating tool with new graduates with the intention of extending its use by employers of new graduates. The tool offers a way of establishinAuthor(s): ALPS Consortium,Nick Sheppard

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When Science Meets Ancient Art, Colors Emerge This video shows how ancient sculptures and architecture were painted. It is 2:38 long video and the use of black light is highlighted. Not much here, but it does show students how science and art can come together.Author(s): No creator set

Virtual Maths, Cuboid - Excavation quiz2 Interactive quiz explaining requiring the student to calculate the time required to carry out excavation work (see also quiz 1 and video).Author(s): Leeds Metropolitan University

Podcasting This case study describes the use of pod casts to support and enhance student decision making in the development and running of a new simulated company using business simulation softwareAuthor(s): Creator not set

One of the major challenges in teacher education is to convince pre-service teachers, our students, that they should (become able to) determine for themselves which technologies to use, when, where, how and why. Preferably in a methodological and justifiable way. This provocative statement stems from two ...

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Crowd-Sourcing, Surveillance, and the Era of the Synopticon [Audio] Speaker(s): Professor Matthew Connelly | Technology has led to unprecedented state surveillance, but may also be the key to preserving the principle of open government. Matthew Connelly is Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at LSE IDEAS for 2014-15. LSE IDEAS (@lseideas) is a centre for the study of international affairs, diplomacy and grand strategy. Credits: Tom Sturdy (Audio Post-Production), LSE AV Services (Audio Recording).Author(s): No creator set

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Tess Giberson 2014 Spring/Summer Creative Panel | Talks at Google Fashion industry pioneer Julie Gilhart speaks with designer Tess Giberson, producer Caroline Polachek & artist Alia Raza about their most recent collaboration.
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Julie Gilhart (Moderator) is a veteran and pioneer in the fashion industry. Formerly the Fashion Director of Barneys New York for 18 years, she was at the forefront of nurturing and discovering new talent on behalf of the iconic retailer including Alber Elbaz, Alexander Wang, Ricardo Tisci, ProAuthor(s): No creator set